Cost of Sharepoint 2007 from start to finish

I'm just trying to get a complete cost estimate (hardware & software)of everything (MOSS 2007, SQL Server, Windows Server 2005, Office Enteretc.)that I would need to start a small financial consulting company.I've been getting the run around from a number of different consultantswho can't give me a straight answer.....

Does anyone have a initial 'implementation proposal' that I could useas a starting point???

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Part of the reason is it is going to vary a LOT. Licensing costs are going tovary according to how many licenses you buy, what MOSS/SQL/Windows editions youuse, what purchasing program you go through, etc and hardware will varydepending on vendor. Could you be more specific about what MOSS features youwould be looking for, how many users, what type of users (employees vs.clients/internet uses), what sort or performance/scalability/availability, etc.

Perhaps you don't need to go the whole MOSS2007 route to start with.Have you considered starting with a simple Secure Hosted SharePointsolution.

The cost of a full MOSS2007, SQL Server install with a decent number ofnumbers is going to cost you in excessive of 20K. Of course it dependswhat hardware you already have.

We don't you try it first and see if it works using a Hosted provider. Iwould obviously recommend our own product at officetalk the popular'officetalk Relay' which is a pay monthly secure hosted SharePointsolution which can easily be migrated to a full MOSS2007 at a laterdate, but there are a number of other UK companies offering basic hostedSharePoint.

> I'm just trying to get a complete cost estimate (hardware & software)> of everything (MOSS 2007, SQL Server, Windows Server 2005, OfficeEnter> etc.)that I would need to start a small financial consulting company.> I've been getting the run around from a number of differentconsultants> who can't give me a straight answer.....

There is no straight answer. It depends on who you talk to at Microsoft.

Just figuring out what you need to buy is daunting and (from what I'vefound) MS is of little help.

As Andy suggests, don't bother with MOSS right now. Use WSS3. I have ahunch a good number of MOSS customers bought MOSS prematurely withoutfully looking at what WSS3 can provide.

If its a small company this is all you need to start. Try it outdevelop some procedures and pratices for your company on how to usethe SharePoint environment and you can grow into the full MOSS 2007if you need. This does three things for your.

1. It reduces your inital investment.2. Reduces the stresses that might cause you to "make it work"because your initial investment was not over the top.3. It allows you to grow into the larger more robust MOSS 2007

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